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July 19, 2021 at 3:58pm
FIU will expand on existing efforts to broaden and diversify the field of nuclear physics with a $205,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.
The Research Traineeships to Broaden and Diversify Nuclear Physics grant will provide paid internships to underrepresented minority undergraduate students at FIU. Selected students will work closely with the university’s nuclear physics group, receiving mentorship, training support in both experimental and theoretical nuclear physics and hands-on research experiences. They will also have the opportunity to attend conferences, as well as participate in summer programs at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, where researchers study the most basic building blocks of matter.
Why More Women Study Physics in Muslim Countries
March 8, 2021•
Physics 14, 33
Issues related to gender identity and the expression of femininity are key to understanding the high representation of women in physics in Muslim majority countries.
Figure 1: A new study identifies factors that draw women in Muslim-majority countries into physics. In these countries, women make up a much higher percentage of physicists that in western countries. The findings could help physics departments with a physics-gender-gap problem to broaden the participation of women.A new study identifies factors that draw women in Muslim-majority countries into physics. In these countries, women make up a much higher percentage of physicists that in western countries. The findings could help physics departments with a physics-g. Show more
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